Which colleges have the "gunners" in their pre-med classes?

ChemFreak
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:25:58 +0000

Ok I feel like I have to step in and defend my college’s honor here. Never in my classes have their ever been sabotagers. I think its a midwest thing but everyone cooperates. Old exams are shared that by the time of the test anyone who has a friend has the old exams. Notes are shared etc… I also don’t see how things can be sabotaged, since lectures, some old exams, notes are always posted online by the prof anyways.

We do have people that try to argue about every point but guess what? At least at WashU the profs don’t care. They’ll regrade your test if you want them to but then they’ll do it real thoroughly so that if a TA gave you any extra points you didn’t really deserve those’ll be taken away. Most who ask for regrades ask for them because there’s actually a huge mistake.

As for the #3’s. I’ve seen some but for the most part what I’ve noticed are the people that are scoring in the 90’s when the class mean is a 60 or something are the ones who have no life. WashU has some kids who just go to class and then hole up in their dorm and study. I know one of them personally. She has a 4.0. Her one and only EC so far is TAing for intro bio for one semester. She reads and rereads and memorizes her notes word for word. All her other friends are like that too. If thats what it takes to kill the curve, then I think most people don’t want that.